Recommend UK-based General and Travel Businesses
The following UK-based businesses are highly reputable and representative of the best services available. We highly recommend them. Click on the title line to visit their website.
Wonderland Design - Flowers by Alice - www.Wonderland-Design.net
Based in Singapore, Alice Oh of Wonderland Design specialises in boutique floral design, including handtied bouquets, for private events adn intimate weddings. Trained and previously practising in London and Germany, Ali also provides graphical design services. Drawing on nearly a decade of inspirational years in the European floral industry, Alice's designs blend naturalistic Continental styling with traditional as well as contemporary Asian influences. This fusion results in unique floral creations that surprise and delight.
Jump4Timbuktu - helping the Tuaregs trade their way out of poverty - www.Jump4Timbuktu.org
Jump4Timbuktu is a highly regarded charitable trade initiative supporting Tuareg communities to sustain their nomadic lifestyle and culture. The site promoties a fair trade partnership with Tuareg artisans. All profits from the project are put towards innovative community projects including water and garden schemes in desert locations near to Timbuktu. When you purchase an item of jewellery from Jump4Timbuktu, you are directly supporting the Tuareg artisans to trade their way out of poverty; your fair trade purchase helps to create a sustainable future for their unique culture and heritage.
Austria Direct - romantic weddings in Austria - www.Austria-Direct.biz
Austria Direct have more than 20 years of experience arranging tailor-made holidays to the more select parts of Austria ignored by the major tour operators. For more than 10 years they have specialised in arranging weddings, honeymoons and ‘renewal of vows’ holidays to this beautiful and romantic country.
Accommodation can be provided in a range of high quality accommodation ranging from small pensions, pleasant guesthouses and in all grades of hotel, throughout Austria. If you are considering a wedding abroad, then Austria Direct should be high on your list.
Four Seasons Travel - luxury holidays and executive travel - www.Four-Seasons-Travel.co.uk
Four Seasons Travel is a leading independent travel retailer, highly skilled at planning luxurious and individual holiday experiences throughout the world. Having celebrated our silver centenary operating in the top sector of the leisure travel market, they have the capacity to satisfy the most discerning clients.
Their employees are carefully selected to provide the quality of service and style that places their client first and foremost. They continually hone their skills by sending staff to investigate a wide range of deluxe resorts around the globe firsthand, often flying first or business class, which enables them to offer pertinent information and advice when planning your next trip.
Nice Retreat - luxury 4-bedroom apartment in France - www.NiceRetreat.com
Nice Retreat is a four-bedroom luxury apartment located in the much sought after preservation area of Nice Port, just a short scenic walk from the beaches and medieval lanes of Old Nice.
Tastefully furnished and equipped to a high standard, this spacious first floor apartment enjoys port views. State of the art air-conditioning provides a pleasant ambiance throughout the year and all four bedrooms are ensuite. The apartment comfortably accommodates 8 people and is ideal for a family holiday on the Cote D’Azure.
myTobago - the definitive tourist guide to Tobago - www.myTobago.info
myTobago is the definitive tourist guide to Tobago, boasting a readership greater than the combined total of every other website on, or exclusively about, Tobago.
This non-commercial website offers unbiased opinion, advice and review of every type of accommodation. In fact it offers the ONLY complete listing of hotels, guest houses, inns, holiday rental apartment, cottages, houses, luxury villas, restaurants, car rental agencies, sightseeing tour operators – in fact, of every type of business related to tourism on the island. The site also features a very active reader discussion forum where visitors post their own holiday reports, opinion and advice or ask questions in preparation for their vacation on the island.
Shenfield Travel - independent travel agent - www.ShenfieldTravel.co.uk
Based in Essex but servicing clients throughout the UK, Shenfield Travel are independent full-service travel agents and a bonded member of ABTA. The firm combines old fashioned service with cutting-edge technology to bring clients great deals. Have you considered a holiday with a difference to the Arctic Circle? Trips to the battlefields of Europe? Meet Father Christmas in Lapland or Santaworld in Sweden? River and coastal cruises in Germany? Experience bears and whales in their natural surroundings?
Hay Riverside Retreats - luxury self-catering holiday accommodation in Wales - www.HayRiversideRetreats.com
Luxury self-catering accommodation in Hay-on-Wye in mid-Wales. Hay Riverside Retreats offer three contemporary well-appointed and spacious houses, each with balconies and decks, overlooking the magnificent River Wye in the historic town of Hay-on-Wye in the Brecon Beacons National Park.These stylish holiday getaways offer something different from your classic luxury holiday cottages and are designed to make the most of their proximity to the riverside, with glass walls and terrace windows offering unhindered and exceptional views of the river bank and the sights and sounds of the River Wye.
Villa Victoria - Lanzarote 3-bedroom holiday rental villa - www.LanzaroteVillas.net
Villa Victoria is a newly completed villa in a tasteful development just eight minutes walk north of Lanzarote’s Los Cucharos beach and shops, and a four minute stroll from the nearest shops and restaurants. A golf course and aqua park are a similar distance away.
The villa has three attractive bedrooms, all with fitted wardrobes and ceiling fans. The master bedroom features a double bed and ensuite bathroom, while the other two twin bedrooms share a full shower room. The villa undoubtedly offers excellent holiday accommodation.
Atlantic Golf Holidays - specialist golf holidays to southern Spain - www.AtlanticGolfHolidays.co.uk
Atlantic Golf Holidays specialise in golfing holidays to the Costa de La Luz region of Spain. They are the only tour operator to concentrate on the region and do so because they believe that the coastline from Gibraltar to the Algarve offers everything and more than can be found in better-known golfing areas, such as the Costa del Sol or the Algarve.
Offering highly competitive prices, Atlantic Golf only feature hotels that have been personally inspected and are known to provide excellent standards of comfort, catering and amenities and are ideally located for the best golf courses.
Newfoundland Vacation Retreats - 3-bedroom rental house in Tors Cove - www.NewfoundlandVacationRetreats.c
The Yellow House is a thoughtfully renovated 1850’s salt box house quietly situated on the southern shore of Newfoundland’s Avalon Peninsula yet only 45 minutes from St John’s International Airport.
The house is in the settlement of Tors Cove (population 325 when everyone is at home) and has stunning views of the ocean and rocky shoreline. It is comfortably furnished for five people.
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